Iditarod River facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Iditarod River |
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 Location of the mouth of the Iditarod River in Alaska
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| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Census Area | Bethel, Yukon–Koyukuk |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Main source | north of the Russian Mountains north of Chuathbaluk on the Kuskokwim River, Bethel Census Area 1,103 ft (336 m) 61°46′54″N 158°55′44″W / 61.78167°N 158.92889°W |
| River mouth | Innoko River 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Holikachuk, Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area 56 ft (17 m) 63°01′46″N 158°45′57″W / 63.02944°N 158.76583°W |
| Length | 325 mi (523 km) |
The Iditarod River is a 325-mile (523 km) tributary of the Innoko River in the U.S. state of Alaska. The river begins north of Chuathbaluk and the Russian Mountains and flows northeast and then west to meet the larger river near Holikachuk.
Iditarod is an Anglicization of the Deg Hit’an (Athabascan) name for the river, Haiditirod or Haidilatna, which is probably an English version of the name of a village on the river, that may have corresponded with the village called Iditarod in the 1900s.
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